I'm utterly, completely, clinically terrified of spiders. So why did I take a macro shot of a tarantula at the zoo? Good freaking question! When I took it, I was a good three feet away, it was a difficult shot to get with the 300mm tele-zoom lens I borrowed for the day. But during post-processing, I couldn't stomach it at first. I forced myself to process the shot out of stubbornness, but it wasn't easy. Even now, writing this description, with it blown up on my second monitor, I'm extremely uncomfortable. This will probably be the only spider macro photo you ever see from me. EwEwEwEwEwEwEwEwEwEwEw!